Today JUSTICE joins with retired judges and other senior figures in the legal community to urge the Government to opt back in to the European Arrest Warrant. As debate on the EAW opt-in looms, JUSTICE expresses concern that the issue should not be a political one, but one about the practical operation of our criminal […]
ISC Inquiry on the treatment of detainees
November 1, 2014
JUSTICE joined a group of prominent UK and international NGOs in writing to the Chair of the Intelligence and Security Committee (“ISC”), to indicate that we would not be participating in their inquiry on the treatment of detainees alleged to have been tortured. While we are concerned that these allegations must be properly investigated – […]
Belhaj & Anor v Straw & Ors [2014]
October 30, 2014
Belhaj & Anor v Straw & Ors [2014] EWCA Civ 1394 Facts MrBelhaj was an opposition commander during the Libyan armed conflict of 2011 and is now leader of the Libyan Al-Watan Party. This claim involves allegations by Belhaj that he and his pregnant wife, MsBouchar, were abducted from China to Libya where they were […]
Court of Appeal confirms access to court in torture cases
JUSTICE welcomes the powerful judgment issued by the Court of Appeal this morning in the case of Abdul-Hakim Belhaj and Other v. Jack Straw & Others. The Court affirms the right of Mr Belhaj – an opposition commander during the Libyan armed conflict of 2011 and now leader of the Libyan Al-Watan Party – and […]
Securing JUSTICE at 60 Appeal
October 29, 2014
Charities and NGOs Call on Peers to Preserve Access to Judicial Review
October 16, 2014
Today JUSTICE joins charities representing children and older people, people with disabilities, bereaved families and victims of torture; and organisations working on issues as diverse as housing, fair treatment at work and in healthcare, freedom of expression and privacy online to call on Peers to vote against significant restrictions to judicial review in Part 4 of the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill.
Belhaj & Anor v Straw & Ors
October 13, 2014
JUSTICE has intervened jointly with the International Commission of Jurists, Amnesty International and REDRESS in this case. Judgment was handed down in the Court of Appeal on 30 October 2014. The Court affirms the right of Mr Belhaj – an opposition commander during the Libyan armed conflict of 2011 and now leader of the Libyan Al-Watan […]
JUSTICE on a ‘British Bill of Rights’
October 2, 2014
JUSTICE responds to the Prime Minister’s announcement on repeal of the Human Rights Act. JUSTICE is committed to ensuring that human rights are protected and respected by each of the institutions of Government in the UK. Individuals should have a right to an effective remedy in our domestic courts for violation of those rights and, […]
Directive on the procedural safeguards for children
September 16, 2014
The EU Roadmap on procedural rights for suspects and accused people in criminal matters continues apace, with three Commission proposals for Directives being considered by the institutions: the right to legal aid; procedural safeguards for children; and strengthening certain aspects of the presumption of innocence and the right to be present at trial. The UK […]
Directive on the right to legal aid
The EU Roadmap on procedural rights for suspects and accused people in criminal matters continues apace, with three Commission proposals for Directives being considered by the institutions: the right to legal aid; procedural safeguards for children; and strengthening certain aspects of the presumption of innocence and the right to be present at trial. The UK […]